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POLAR EFFECT [1 record]

Record 1 1997-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrochemistry
DEF

An effect of a substituent group (on rates of reaction, etc.) having its origin in the substituent electronegativity.

OBS

There are also other substituent effects, e.g. steric effects).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrochimie
DEF

Effet d'un substituant (par exemple, sur les vitesses de réaction) ayant pour origine l'électronégativité d'un substituant.

OBS

Il existe d'autres effets de substituant dont, par exemple, les effets stériques.

Spanish

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